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Facebook wants to help small businesses (SMBs) survive the COVID crisis — and make money. A few months ago, the company announced $100M in cash grants and ad credits for SMBs. It later introduced Facebook Shops to help SMBs sell online. And today it announced a new product to monetize …

t’s safe to say that the U.S. has badly fumbled its response to COVID-19 and the pandemic will be with us through at least the end of 2020. That means consumers will probably remain cautious about returning to hotels, restaurants, retail stores, gyms and salons for the foreseeable future. Varying …

A team of researchers at the University of Oxford’s Department of Zoology has shown that the elements of the capacity of humans to build on the work of others may also be present in homing pigeons (Columba livia). Single flying pigeon. Image credit: Takao Sasaki. The ability to gather, pass …

Search marketers have been flocking to SMX Advanced and selling the conference out for 10 years running. Their shared obsession for search makes SMX Advanced the annual must-attend tribal meeting. Why should you attend? SMX Advanced is the only conference that caters to experienced search professionals. The agenda is packed …

Medicare Part D covers prescription drugs.  You can choose from a variety of plans from private insurers governed by Medicare. In 2017 there will be fewer options.  Twenty two plans will be available, this is the lowest number of options since 2006.  Each plan covers different drugs and have different …

Samsung has announced that it has teamed up with a range of other companies who are working on Virtual Reality to create the Global Virtual Reality Association (GVRA). The companies include Samsung, Google, Acer, HTC, Oculus and Sony Interactive Entertainment, the companies will work together to develop and share best …

Yahoo is under scrutiny today after former employees claimed the company designed custom software to enable U.S. intelligence agencies to scan incoming emails to all of Yahoo’s millions of users. The allegations, first published by Reuters, raise questions about the constitutionality of such dragnet surveillance and about the legal means used …

Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and other technology investors have launched a new high profile  venture form called Breakthrough Energy Ventures. The new company aims to fund clean energy technology development and they will invest in ventures at any stage, from startups to established companies. Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) is an …